On 2020-04-27 08:32 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Does your router actually have a DNS server?
They often have some type of DNS cache, not actually a DNS server, because you can not define names. Or what would be very nice, coordinate it with the included DHCP server in the router.
Perhaps not consumer grade, but business level routers often have a DNS server available. Here's part of what Cisco says: "Configuring the Device as a DNS Server Perform this task to configure the device as a DNS server. A Cisco IOS device can provide service to DNS clients, acting as both a caching name server and as an authoritative name server for its own local host table. When configured as a caching name server, the device relays DNS requests to other name servers that resolve network names into network addresses. The caching name server caches information learned from other name servers so that it can answer requests quickly, without having to query other servers for each transaction. When configured as an authoritative name server for its own local host table, the device listens on port 53 for DNS queries and then answers DNS queries using the permanent and cached entries in its own host table. " I currently use pfSense for my router/firewall and previously, SuSE. Both provided DNS servers. If I'm not mistaken the *WRT gear does too. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org